Belgiumin MapsOfficial Belgian data, explained
Employment gap (men minus women) by sector in Belgium (2021)
This page maps Employment gap (men minus women) for one nationally comparable 2021 slice. Every figure below uses the same disclosed definition, unit, geography and source.
Labour
What this indicator measures
Employment gap (men minus women). Difference between sex-specific rates, in percentage points; zero is the neutral midpoint.
Gap. Employment gap (men minus women). Difference between sex-specific rates, in percentage points; zero is the neutral midpoint.
Indicator dossier
Data passport
- Selected reference period
- 2021
- Geography
- statistical sectors
- Measure
- Gap
- Unit
- percentage points
- Comparable areas
- 19291
- Coverage
- 97.5%
Latest published slice
How to read the pattern
- Median
- 6.4percentage points
- Unweighted area mean
- 6.7percentage points
- Minimum
- -100percentage points
- Maximum
- 100percentage points
Across the valid national comparison set, the median is 6.4 percentage points. Values extend from -100 to 100 percentage points. This describes geographic variation; it is not a score of local quality.
Geography
Map of Belgium
- -100–-66.713 areas
- -66.7–-33.386 areas
- -33.3–-0.12579 areas
- -0.1–0.1306 areas
- 0.1–33.316002 areas
- 33.3–66.7264 areas
- 66.7–10041 areas
Categories
Distribution by official map class
| Value | Areas | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| -100–-66.7 | 13 | |
| -66.7–-33.3 | 86 | |
| -33.3–-0.1 | 2579 | |
| -0.1–0.1 | 306 | |
| 0.1–33.3 | 16002 | |
| 33.3–66.7 | 264 | |
| 66.7–100 | 41 |
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statistical sectors
Highest and lowest values
From 19291 comparable sectors, the table shows a concise high-and-low sample; the complete sector table remains in the atlas.
| Position | # | Area | Official code | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 1 | ASTRID (PARC) | 21001A08- | 100 percentage points |
| Highest | 1 | GARE DE FORMATION | 21004G371 | 100 percentage points |
| Highest | 1 | CIMETIERE - ST.-GILLES | 21016A692 | 100 percentage points |
| Highest | 1 | AZ SINT-JAN | 31005A2MA | 100 percentage points |
| Highest | 1 | 31012E08- | 31012E08- | 100 percentage points |
| Highest | 1 | DIR. GEN. WILLEMSPARK | 31043B08- | 100 percentage points |
| Highest | 1 | L.A.R. | 34027C1MA | 100 percentage points |
| Highest | 1 | LEIEGOED | 3701710QQ | 100 percentage points |
| Lowest | 19284 | ENHET-HABITATIONS DISPERSEES | 91030E19- | -100 percentage points |
| Lowest | 19284 | PONT DE TARGNON | 63075E262 | -100 percentage points |
| Lowest | 19284 | L'HIRONDELLE | 61010D063 | -100 percentage points |
| Lowest | 19284 | LE GOUFFRE | 52012B483 | -100 percentage points |
| Lowest | 19284 | DENDERLEEUW | 4102413PQ | -100 percentage points |
| Lowest | 19284 | MARIA HENDRIKAPARK | 35013A19- | -100 percentage points |
| Lowest | 19284 | DYLE | 25112C182 | -100 percentage points |
| Lowest | 19284 | BOLLAAK | 11035D082 | -100 percentage points |
Method and limitations
Method and limitations
No missing value is imputed. Classification breaks and colours come from the catalogue, and source-declared suppression remains missing.
The area mean gives every published geographic area equal weight. It is not weighted by population, exposure or area size.
Census 2021 is a snapshot on 1 January 2021, not an annual flow.
Read the methodologySources, licence and provenance